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Windows Vista (32 and 64) |
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Windows 7 (32 and 64) |
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Mac Tiger OSX 10.4 (Intel-based system) |
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Mac Leopard OSX 10.5 (Intel-based system) |
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Mac Snow Leopard OSX 10.6 (Intel-based system) |
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Cricut Models |
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Cricut Personal Cutting System |
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Cricut Create |
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Cricut Expression |
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Cricut Cake |
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Files You Can Directly Use (Open, Import or Trace) |
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Fonts & Dingbats True Type (thousands of free fonts & dingbats) |
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Fonts & Dingbats Open Type (free Microsoft fonts & dingbats) |
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SVG Files (Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW, Inkscape, SCAL2, MTC...) |
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Scanned Designs (typical scanner format, e.g. .jpg) |
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Clip Art (typical clip art format, .png, .bmp) |
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Photos (camera format, .png, .tiff - photo suitability is important) |
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PDF Artwork (Adobe portable document format .pdf) |
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Web Images (formats like .gif) |
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Proprietary Formats (files from Printmaster, PrintShop, etc.) |
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Working Environment |
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Virtual Cutting Mat (exact representation of Cricut cutting mats) |
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Workspaces (Custom environments to adjust work style) |
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Type Directly on Cutting Mat (similar to typing in a document) |
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Grabbing Handles (ease of use for stretching, rotating, etc.) |
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Multiple Pages (ability to have more than one page per project) |
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Multiple Projects (ability to open multiple projects at same time) |
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Post-Weld Flexibility (ability to easily change welded design) |
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Preview Project (see your project like it will cut) |
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Set Cutting Speed (software controls speed, not the Cricut) |
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Pause Button (lets you pause during the cut if necessary) |
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Creativity Tools |
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Precision Alignment (vertical and horizontal positioning, etc) |
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Precision Text Alignment (kerning, leading, etc) |
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Welding (join multiple items together and cut as one piece) |
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Shapes Included (basic shapes available within the software) |
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Warping (ability to warp shapes) |
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Edit Shapes (ability to alter shapes in free-form manner) |
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Draw Custom Shapes (ability to draw shapes on cutting mat) |
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Break Apart (separate images to remove undesired speckles, etc.) |
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Auto-Fill (replicate a shape to fill cutting mat) |
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Word Wrapping (called "Text to Path" - wrap text around shapes) |
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Paper Piecing |
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Break Apart - (One click lets you separate an image into pieces) |
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Layering (full featured piecing capability for aligning shapes) |
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Cutting Styles |
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Shadow (evenly enlarges an item to be placed behind another) |
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Blackout (fills everything within a shape and cuts a solid item) |
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Shadow Blackout (evenly enlarges and fills to cut solid item) |
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Chipboard Work |
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Multi-cut (ability to have blade cut several times over same area) |
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Scanner Support |
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Use scanned images (scan and save as image then use) |
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Scanner Import (ability to use scanner from within software) |
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Printing |
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Color (ability to print your project in color) |
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Black & White Outline (ability to print an outline of your shape) |
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